- Tire plant for Georgia.
A Korean tire company has signed an agreement to build a $225 million manufacturing facility on a 127-acre site in Sofkee Industrial Park in Macon, Ga. Executives of the company, Kumho Tire Co. Inc., said the plant will be built in two phases. The first phase will cost $165 million ......
- RUBBER TO HIT THE ROAD IN HUNGARY
HEADNOTE COMPANY TO WATCH: HANKOOK TIRE/SOUTH KOREA Hankook Tire, South Korea's largest tiremaker, in November selected Dunaujvaros, Hungary, which is about 40 miles south of Budapest, as the site for its first European factory. The $600 million plant is scheduled to start operation in 2007, with the final phase of ......
- Goodyear Halts Construction On Brazilian Tire Plant
Citing Low Vehicle Sales.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., North America's largest tiremaker, said it's suspending construction of a $180 million Brazilian plant because of declining car sales. Goodyear, which announced the construction of the tire factory in 1997, said a plunge in car sales by almost 30 percent in the past 20 months ......
- Cooper Tire increases capacity at Findlay tire plant
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is adding capacity at its Findlay, Ohio tire plant with an equipment investment of $1.8 million. The capacity will increase by 500,000 tires annually and add at least 30 additional jobs in the Findlay production facility by early summer, according to the company, which will ......
- Still tired: some segments of the industry still feeling enduring tire shortages; tire manufacturers look to increase product life to meet demand.
Over the last several years, I there have been a number of cases where materials and components have been in short supply, driven by factors such as higher than expected demand, or high commodity and materials prices. And one of the most common complaints from some segments of the vehicle ......
- Toyo Rubber to build tire manufacturing plant in
Georgia.
Toyo initially will employ approximately 350 workers at the Bartow plant, and expects to increase employment based on future demand in the North American market. The plant, which will be located on a 150-acre tract of land near Cartersville, Ga., will initially produce approximately two million passenger car and light ......
- Company News.
* Frank W. Murphy Mfr., Tulsa, OK, has acquired Williams Telemetry from William Communications. The business will be a subsidiary of Murphy under the name Internet Telemetry Corporation (iTC), which develops computer-based communications. * JCB, Inc. has moved corporate headquarters to a new location: 2000 Bamford Boulevard, PO Box 957, ......